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Cemetery Chapel: Vigan

Keywords : Christ Church, Roman Catholic, graveyard

Site common nameCemetery Chapel: Vigan
Type of artworkArchitecture
Province/CityVigan
StateIlocos Sur
CountryPhilippines
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 17.5705889
Long : 120.3856536

ArtCemetery Chapel is locally called Simbaan a Bassit is situated in the couth of Vigan city. It was built in 1852. It is a small church with a baroque style façade. The façade is divided into 5 parts using wall posts. The top of the church is the arc gable in baroque style. On the side of the church appears the large volute as in baroque style and the door to the cemetery. The gable of the façade that is also used for hanging the bell is not often seen in the art of the Philippines (This is called Espadraña in Spanish).
SchoolVigan
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodEarly Spanish influence
Age17th – 19 centuries
ReligionChristianity
SectCatholic

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali